The Dark Knight (2008) delivered one of the most iconic performances in movie history. Christopher Nolan cast Heath Ledger as the Joker, an anarchic, mysterious criminal devoted not to money or power, but to chaos. His grand plan was not to control or profit from Gotham City, but to plunge it into chaos. In the words of Bruce Wayne’s (Christian Bale) faithful butler, Alfred (Michael Caine): “Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
It was a masterful performance, but also sadly, one that would not be revisited. On January 22, 2008, Ledger passed away, aged just 28. His death cast a poignant shadow over the film, and the performance became a tribute to a unique talent. Out of respect for his memory, The Joker was not recast or mentioned in the 2012 follow-up, The Dark Knight Rises. However, those who wondered what became of the character get a hint in one of the film’s spin-offs, and it’s the perfect end to a timeless performance.
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Heath Ledger’s Performance in ‘The Dark Knight’ Could Not Be Replaced
Audiences and critics were captivated by The Dark Knight, considered the best Batman film ever made by many, with Ledger also in the conversation for the best interpretation of The Joker. With no identification, no trail leading to who he really is, and conflicting stories about how he gained his gruesome scarred ‘smile’, the character is bathed in mystery, while still retaining the grounded realism of Nolan’s trilogy.
Ledger would win a posthumous Oscar for his performance in 2009, and fans wondered how the character would be addressed in The Dark Knight Rises. Would he be recast? Would archive footage be used? Could technology be incorporated for one last cameo? Speaking to Empire Magazine in 2012, Nolan revealed the answer was none of the above.
“We’re not addressing the Joker at all,” he said. “That is something I felt very strongly about in terms of my relationship with Heath and the experience I went through with him on The Dark Knight.” He explained: “I didn’t want to in any way try and account for a real-life tragedy. That seemed inappropriate to me. We just have a new set of characters and a continuation of Bruce Wayne’s story, not involving the Joker.” True to his word, there is no mention of the Joker in The Dark Knight Rises. However, one promotional tie-in does give a hint as to where he might be.
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Novelization Suggests the Joker’s Whereabouts
Heath Ledger as The Joker leans out of the window of a moving police car in The Dark Knight.Image via Warner Bros. Pictures
The official novelization of the movie, by Greg Cox, gives the faintest suggestion of where the Joker could be found. In the movie and the book, the Dent Act is established in the wake of Harvey Dent’s (Aaron Eckhart) death, which cracked down on organized crime in Gotham City, sending the worst of the worst to the hellish Blackgate Prison, where we meet Bane (Tom Hardy).
It’s that move that leads to a mention of the character in Cox’s book. “Now that the Dent Act had made it all but impossible to cop an insanity plea, it had replaced Arkham Asylum as the preferred location for imprisoning both convicted and suspected felons,” it explains. “The worst of the worst were sent here, except for the Joker, who, rumor had it, was locked away as Arkham’s sole remaining inmate. Or perhaps he had escaped. Nobody was really sure. Not even Selina [Kyle, played in the film by Anne Hathaway].”
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It is the clearest official explanation of what happened to the Joker, a figure rumored to be around, somewhere in Gotham’s underworld. It’s vague and undefined, but for that very reason, it’s perfect.
The Joker’s Fate is the Appropriate Farewell
The apocryphal nature of the Joker’s whereabouts in The Dark Knight Rises’ novelization is a small Easter egg for those who want to dive deeply into the world Nolan created. In many ways, its opaque nature matches the character perfectly. Just as we didn’t know his true name, or how he got those scars, so too his exit from the world is just as mysterious. It leaves the possibility that he’s out there without having a definitive end or representing the late Ledger in some way.
Whether Ledger would have returned had he lived remains uncertain. While his sister, Kate, told the Australian press in 2018 that “he had plans for another Batman,” no alternative timeline has been confirmed by Nolan or any other filmmakers. As it stands, this small mention was the Joker’s farewell, and if we had to say goodbye, it’s appropriate that the final mention should be as mysterious and enigmatic as the performance itself.
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July 16, 2008
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152 minutes
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Benjamin Melniker, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Kevin De La Noy, Michael Uslan
Operation Mincemeat is a spy thriller based on a true British intelligence operation from World War II. While the spy story is fascinating, and there was enough suspense to keep me watching, the movie is bogged down with unnecessary interpersonal drama. The result is an uneven, disappointing movie that doesn’t live up to its premise.
Based on Ben Macintyre’s book about the historical event, Operation Mincemeat is about a misdirection mission by British intelligence. To hide the Invasion of Sicily, a plot is hatched by British intelligence officers Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley to plant false information on a corpse and have it wash ashore.
To sell the fake soldier’s identity, a detailed backstory was constructed including a fictional fiance using a photo of the office’s secretary Jean Leslie.
The Period Drama Overshadows The Spy Intrigue
Operation Mincemeat brings together a fantastic cast of UK actors, who deliver great performances across the board. Colin Firth, Matthew Macfayden, and Kelly Macdonald play the movie’s three leads, making their characters feel real. The supporting cast also features great actors like Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn, Jason Issacs, Mark Gatiss, Paul Ritter, and Simon Russell Beale.
While I found the depiction of spycraft in Operation Mincemeat compelling it was weighed down with superfluous period drama elements. Much of the film’s runtime is dedicated to the love triangle between its three main characters, which adds a layer of unneeded personal drama that actively distracts from the spy mission’s inherent tension.
It’s the sort of tacked-on plotline that feels like it exists to meet period drama expectations, and I was unsurprised to learn it was invented whole cloth for the movie.
The Spycraft Is More Interesting
Some of the most interesting spy thriller moments of Operation Mincemeat are glossed over to dedicate more time to its boring love triangle. Numerous scenes depict the budding relationship between Ewen and Jean, while the head of Germany’s army intelligence discovering the plot and turning a blind eye to undermine the Nazi regime is given a single truncated scene.
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As a fan of spy thrillers, I can’t help but feel like the movie prioritizes the wrong elements of its plot.
The pacing in Operation Mincemeat also suffers due to its love triangle. What should be a consistently suspenseful movie grinds to a halt halfway through to focus on the romantic subplot and the hostility it creates between Ewen and Charles. With a runtime of 128 minutes, it drags on for too long, drawing attention to its unneeded subplot.
Despite its shortcomings, Operation Mincemeat has a strong story at its core and it tells that story well when its focus isn’t divided. It’s at its best when it depicts the finer details of the operation and the construction of the soldier’s fictional life. With strong acting and directing, it’s well-made even when the writing falls short.
Fans of period dramas who also enjoy spy stories will likely enjoy Operation Mincemeat, while fans looking for a spy thriller like I was may find it disappointing. It’s a well-made movie bogged down by a single poor creative decision. You can watch the film version of one of history’s most fascinating spy stories for yourself on Netflix.
Rumors surrounding Marvel Studios’ upcoming X-Men reboot continue to heat up, and the latest name reportedly being considered for the Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the biggest stars in music today: Sabrina Carpenter.
According to multiple entertainment insiders, Marvel Studios is interested in bringing Carpenter into the MCU for a major role. While nothing has been officially confirmed by Marvel, the report has quickly sparked speculation among fans about which iconic mutant she could portray.
The strongest rumor currently points toward Emma Frost, the powerful telepath known as the White Queen. The character has long been a fan favorite in the comics thanks to her sharp wit, commanding personality, and ability to transform her body into organic diamond. Other fans have thrown out names like Dazzler, whose music career and mutant powers have made her one of the most recognizable pop-star superheroes in Marvel history.
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Marvel Studios has yet to reveal any official casting for its upcoming X-Men reboot, leaving the internet to speculate about nearly every major mutant role. Recent reports have connected numerous actors to characters like Jean Grey, Cyclops, Storm, and Professor X, though none of those rumors have been confirmed by the studio.
Carpenter’s star power has skyrocketed over the past year following the massive success of her music career and sold-out tours, making her one of Hollywood’s fastest-rising entertainers. If Marvel is indeed looking to add another globally recognizable name to its next generation of mutants, she would certainly fit that strategy.
Still, fans should treat the report with caution. Marvel Studios is famously secretive, and casting discussions often change before contracts are ever signed. Until Kevin Feige or the studio makes an official announcement, Carpenter’s involvement remains firmly in the rumor category.
With Marvel’s X-Men reboot still in development, speculation is only expected to intensify in the coming months. Whether Carpenter ultimately joins the MCU as Emma Frost, Dazzler, another mutant entirely, or not at all, one thing is certain—fans are already imagining what the next generation of Marvel’s mutants could look like.
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What do you think? If Sabrina Carpenter joins the MCU, which Marvel character would you like to see her play?
TV shows have changed through the decades, and what was once considered acceptable in some cases would never fly today. Whether it’s the handling of women, LGBTQ+ characters, racism, domestic violence, or other themes, some shows approached topics in a way that would be handled very differently today or not covered at all.
Some of the shows are sitcoms that presented troubling storylines in a humorous way, and in some cases, it fit for the times. In others, they were controversial even back then. In hindsight, all of them maybe went a little too far. The shows remain beloved, and the storylines are accepted for what they were intended to accomplish at the time. But if any of these shows were written today, there would probably be a lot of red pen, changing certain aspects of the scripts and even characters.
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Barney Relentlessly Preying on Women
‘How I Met Your Mother’ (2005–2014)
Jennifer Lopez as Anita and Neil Patrick Harris as Barney at a bar in How I Met Your Mother episode Of Course.Image via CBS
Barney’s (Neil Patrick Harris) relentless preying on women throughout the entirety of How I Met Your Mother (until he fell in love with and married Robin, played by Cobie Smulders) only managed to pass because of Harris’ over-the-top performance and the way his actions were woven into the plot. But it likely wouldn’t happen today, especially not as it did in some episodes.
Barney lied to and took advantage of women over and over again, painting them as gullible and dispensable. In one very questionable episode, it’s even revealed that he had a hidden scale at his door where he weighed women before they entered and denied entry if they exceeded a threshold. It bordered on disgusting at times, yet went overlooked because the character’s charm overshadowed the awful things he did and said. The exaggerated level of absurdity helped, too.
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Jack Lying About Being Gay
‘Three’s Company’ (1977–1984)
Chrissy (Suzanne Somers), Jack (John Ritter), and Janet (Joyce DeWitt), sit together in Three’s Company.Image via ABC
The entire premise of Three’s Company would never fly today. Jack Tripper (John Ritter) is a single playboy who lies about being gay to score an apartment with two women. Knowing the landlord would never allow a man to live with two single women if he were straight, Jack keeps up this ruse so he won’t be kicked out.
Aside from a landlord being able to deny such a living situation, Jack pretending to be someone he’s not and “playing up” being gay so he isn’t caught is not a storyline that would work today. Back in the ’70s, however, it was fitting of the time. And while the sitcom is still beloved and never considered offensive, it wouldn’t be remade in today’s climate.
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Two Guys Dressing in Drag for an Apartment
‘Bosom Buddies’ (1980–1982)
Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari dressed as women in Bosom Buddies.Image via ABC
Bosom Buddies helped put Tom Hanks on the map long before his thriving film career began. It remains his most memorable small-screen experience, but fans today can’t help but question the angling of the show. It’s about Kip Wilson (Hanks) and his friend Henry Desmond (Peter Scolari), who dress in drag so they can get into an all-female building because the rent is dirt cheap.
The pair pretend to be women while befriending other residents and trying to keep up the act. Some find it insulting to the trans community; others believe it’s predatory, as these two men infiltrate a building meant to be only for women. It’s all in fun, of course, but Bosom Buddies isn’t a concept that would air today without pushback, the classic show having aged poorly.
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Sam Propositioning Female Staff
‘Cheers’ (1982–1993)
Ted Danson as Sam Malone, looking off, in the ‘Cheers’ series finale.Image via NBC
Sam Malone’s (Ted Danson) womanizing ways aren’t in question in Cheers. There’s nothing wrong with a single man looking to date women and dating around if he so chooses and the women are willing participants, but his constant propositioning of female staff who work for him at the bar is wildly inappropriate.
One of the most notable relationships is when he constantly hits on Diane (Shelley Long) when she’s a waitress, and he’s her boss. He later pursues the bar’s new manager, Rebecca (Kirstie Alley). Sam is never portrayed as being predatory but rather sex-addicted, smooth, and charming, which is why his actions often slide unnoticed. But the idea of a male boss so casually and constantly hitting on his female subordinates probably would not see the light of day today in a comedic show unless it was part of a darker storyline.
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Collider Exclusive · TV Medicine Quiz Which Fictional Hospital Would You Work Best In? The Pitt · ER · Grey’s Anatomy · House · Scrubs
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Five hospitals. Five completely different ways medicine goes sideways on television — brutal, chaotic, romantic, brilliant, and ridiculous. Only one of them is the ward your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out exactly where you belong.
🚨The Pitt
🏥ER
💉Grey’s
🔬House
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🩺Scrubs
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A critical patient comes through the door. What’s your first instinct? Medicine under pressure reveals who you actually are.
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Why did you go into medicine in the first place? The honest answer says more about you than the one you’d give in an interview.
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What do you actually want from the people you work with? Who you want beside you under pressure is who you are.
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You lose a patient you fought hard to save. How do you carry it? Every doctor who’s worked a long shift has had to answer this question.
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How would your colleagues describe the way you work? Your reputation on the floor is usually more accurate than your self-image.
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How do you feel about hospital protocol and procedure? Every institution has rules. What you do with them is a choice.
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What does this job cost you personally? Nobody works in medicine without paying a price. What’s yours?
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At the end of a long shift, what keeps you coming back? The answer to this question is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Assignment Has Been Made You Belong In…
Your answers have pointed to one fictional hospital above all others. This is the ward your instincts, your temperament, and your particular brand of dysfunction were built for.
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Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center
The Pitt
You are built for the most unsparing version of emergency medicine television has ever shown — one that puts you inside a single fifteen-hour shift and doesn’t let you look away.
You need your work to be real, not romanticised — meaning over drama, honesty over aesthetics.
You find purpose inside the work itself, not in the chaos surrounding it.
You’ve made peace with the fact that this job takes from you constantly, and gives back in ways that are harder to name.
Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center demands exactly that kind of person — and you would not want to be anywhere else.
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County General Hospital, Chicago
ER
You are the person who keeps the whole floor running — not the most brilliant in the room, but possibly the most essential.
You show up, do the work, absorb the losses, and come back the next day without needing the job to be anything other than what it is.
You care about patients as individual human beings, not as cases to solve or dramas to live through.
You believe in the system even when it fails you — and you understand that emergency medicine is about holding the line just long enough.
ER is television about endurance. You have it.
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Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, Seattle
Grey’s Anatomy
You came to medicine with your whole self — your ambition, your emotions, your relationships, your history — and you have never quite managed to leave any of it at the door.
You feel things fully and form deep attachments to the people you work with.
Your personal and professional lives are permanently, chaotically entangled — and that entanglement drives both your greatest disasters and your most remarkable saves.
You understand that extraordinary medicine often happens at the intersection of clinical skill and profound human connection.
It’s messy at Grey Sloan. You would not have it any other way.
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Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, NJ
House
You are drawn to the problem above everything else — the symptom that doesn’t fit, the diagnosis hiding underneath the obvious one.
You’re not primarily motivated by the patient as a person — though you are capable of caring, even if you’d deny it.
You work best when the stakes are highest and the standard answer is wrong.
Princeton-Plainsboro exists to house one extraordinary, impossible mind — and everyone around that mind is there because they’re smart enough to keep up.
The only way forward here is to think harder than everyone else in the room. That is exactly what you do.
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Sacred Heart Hospital, California
Scrubs
You understand that medicine is tragic and absurd in almost equal measure — and that the only sane response is to hold both of those things at the same time.
You are warm, self-aware, and funnier than most people in your field.
You use humour to get through terrible moments — and at Sacred Heart, that’s not a flaw, it’s a survival strategy.
You lean on the people around you and let them lean back. The laughter and the grief are genuinely inseparable here.
Scrubs is a show about learning to become someone worthy of the job. You are still very much in the middle of that process — which is exactly right.
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Jerry Drugging a Woman
‘Seinfeld’ (1989–1998)
Jerry, Elaine, and George sitting at a table with toys, a woman passed out in the background in Seinfeld.Image via NBC
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There’s one particular storyline in Seinfeldthat doesn’t sit well. In Season 9, Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) is dating a woman who has a rare, vintage toy collection. But she is very particular about it and doesn’t want anyone touching the items. From the original G.I. Joe to the classic Mattel football game, it reminds Jerry so fondly of his childhood that he can’t help himself. So, he gets around her rules by offering her aspirin when she has a headache, knowing it will make her drowsy. She passes out, and he proceeds to play with the toys. When she awakens, he purposely introduces a heavy turkey dinner and boxed wine in hopes she’ll fall asleep again so he can continue.
It’s crystal-clear why this storyline in one of Seinfeld‘s most awkward episodes is so wrong. Even though Jerry didn’t do any physical harm to the woman through his actions, he still purposely put this woman in a vulnerable state so he could take advantage of her in a different way. The storyline is funny when you look at it through the absurd humor lens from which it was intended, but it’s widely considered to be one of the darkest things Jerry did throughout the show’s entire run.
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Archie Bunker’s Racism
‘All in the Family’ (1971–1979)
Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner and Carroll O’Connor in All in the Family.Image via CBS
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All in the Family was a sitcom true to its time, with Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor) a character true to his fictional backstory. He was a World War II veteran who held onto his bigoted beliefs, even though he was presented as a lovable character. His family members, especially his daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers) and son-in-law Michael (Rob Reiner), are members of the counterculture, being the voice of reason when Archie would say or do things that were questionable.
Still, a character like him, especially often given the mistreatment of his wife (though he clearly loved her dearly), would be frowned upon today. While the show did shed light on racism and presented characters to help soften Archie’s views, including the Jefferson family that went on to star in their own spin-off, it would still be considered too much today.
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Al’s Insults to Overweight Women
‘Married…With Children’ (1987–1997)
Al helping a woman in the shoe store in Married…With Children.Image via Fox
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Alongside his constant ribbing of neighbor Marcy (Amanda Bearse), there was a running gag on Married…With Children that involved Al Bundy (Ed O’Neill) constantly poking fun at overweight women. They were often customers in the shoe store where he worked, desperately trying to fit their large feet into shoes that were clearly a few sizes too small.
Al would whisper an insult under his breath, say it straight to their face, and even hurl another clever one as they angrily stormed out the door. It’s a wonder he was still employed! That aside, the concept of someone being ridiculed for their weight in such a biting way for the sake of laughs, especially without someone else advocating for them, wouldn’t cut it now.
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Ralph Joking About Hitting Alice
‘The Honeymooners’ (1955–1956)
Ralph holding out his fist to Alice in The Honeymooners.Image via CBS
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The Honeymooners is one of the funniest, most iconic sitcoms of all time, but one of its running jokes wouldn’t sit well with people today. Ralph (Jackie Gleason) and his wife Alice (Pert Kelton, Audrey Meadows, Sheila MacRae) had a typical marital relationship. But when they had arguments or Ralph was upset about something, he would often joke about hitting her. He never followed through with such an action, but the mere threat, even in jest, would never be seen in a comedy like that today unless it was meant to be part of a storyline specifically to address it.
“One of these days,” Ralph would declare, “Pow! Right in the kisser!” referencing punching his wife in the face. He would also say things like “Bang, zoom, straight to the moon!” These phrases were taken as they were meant to be at the time, a man saying words he didn’t actually mean and expressing his anger in a joking manner. But today’s culture would not find this funny in a modern sitcom.
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The Fat Jokes About Carol
‘Growing Pains’ (1985–1992)
Carol sitting at the kitchen table in Growing Pains.Image via ABC
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This one is especially powerful because the constant weight-related jokes about Carol Seaver (Tracey Gold) in Growing Pains, especially when she was nowhere near being overweight, reportedly led to Gold developing an eating disorder. Gold told late actor Shannen Doherty on her Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty podcast back in 2025 that, while she had great memories from working on the show — one of the best sitcoms of the ’80s— her struggles with anorexia were fueled in part by some of her experiences there.
As she gained weight, the jokes written into the show became meaner, Gold recalls. Though the writers reportedly claimed the intention was to reflect the realities of a typical brother-sister relationship and wasn’t a jab at her figure at all, this didn’t make it right. Considering Gold’s honest words about how this made her feel, it’s a given that such lines would not be written into shows nowadays.
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Pacey Sleeping With His Teacher
‘Dawson’s Creek’ (1998–2003)
Pacey at the lockers with his teacher in Dawson’s Creek.Image via The WB
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Dawson’s Creek was a teen drama that wasn’t afraid to get dark and gritty, but there’s one storyline that was a step too far. In Season 1, Pacey (Joshua Jackson) sleeps with his English teacher in a storyline that even caused controversy back then. He not only sleeps with her, but he loses his virginity to her while just a teenager. When the school and community find out about it, she leaves town.
The storyline is further disturbing because the teacher isn’t even seriously reprimanded for her actions. Pacey was groomed and taken advantage of by this grown woman, behavior that would absolutely be considered predatory, yet was presented as a romantic storyline. Unless it’s a dark and dramatic show like Euphoria meant to highlight how wrong such behavior is, this storyline was too much for a show like Dawson’s Creek. It wouldn’t be handled the same way if it were replicated in a similar show today.
Footage has surfaced of Big Tigger and his wife, Alicia Brown, tussling over his phone. It’s the second time leaked footage has shown the pair in a physical struggle. Last month, she accused him of cheating with his co-host, Francesca Amiker—an allegation the co-host denied. Brown also alluded to abuse with photos, before later denying she called him an abuser. Then came Tigger’s arrest and breaking his silence. Now, the phone footage is raising eyebrows and sparking debates about “who’s the problem?” in their domestic disputes.
Video Shows Phone Tussle Between Big Tigger & Alicia Brown
Early Tuesday (July 7), Big Tigger and his wife, Alicia Brown, were trending on social media after a viral clip showed him trying to retrieve his phone from her. It’s unclear who’s recording, but they’re heard making comments to Tigger. Tigger had his arms around Alicia, trying to grab whatever she appeared to be holding near her stomach area. At one point, she ends up falling on the floor, on some packaged clothes. Bigger Tigger immediately tries to explain that he didn’t do anything and that Alicia “dropped” to the person behind the camera. Meanwhile, Brown was on the floor, crying out. Tigger then said multiple times that she could give him the phone and that everything would be “over with.” While she was on the floor, he was standing over her and reaching around her body to grab the phone.
The Shade Room did not repost the footage of Big Tigger and Alicia Brown, but transcribed what happened in the video. 5,000 comments in, the roommates are in divide while discussing her actions and his in the clip, along with topics like boundaries and accountability.
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@tattedkelli_MR wrote, “MR TIGGGGERRR!!!! That part had me cracking up 😂😂😂 but yea she’s the problem.”
@sarahprettysmile commented, “This video did not help her case. Women be doing everything except leave. They clearly set him up for the video cause why are they calling him by his stage name.”
@msbeautiful87 added, “If you’re doing all of that over a phone, it’s definitely not about no private conversations with no family or friends you’re cheating. That’s what it is. Ain’t no conversation between family and friends that important that you have to scramble with your better half to get a phone you’re hiding something clearly.”
“This is the second video I’ve seen where he is actually NOT hitting her at all! I’m not on anybody’s side, but where is the physical abuse? Give the man his phone and let him walk away,” @told_by_ginger_ wrote.
“She pmo so bad.. forcing me to side with a man 😂😂 girl get up off that floor and give that man his phone 😂,” @kandise_denise commented.
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@____beautiful.e said, “That video showed him trying to get his phone that’s all. It’s giving Brandy off thin line between love and hate.”
“Clearly he’s cheating that doesn’t mean hold his property hostage…then you falling and fake crying 😂😂😂😂,” @brii.savage wrote.
@prettyk1206 added, “This just pissed me off so bad!!!! This man reputation and career ruined because of this. Then was sad is the police see this video and charged him, instead of charging HER with felony theft of property for refusing to give him his phone. 😒.”
@xo.strawberrymeng.xo commented, “She should’ve coughed his phone up. Y u even got his phone and keepin it for dear life ? Wife or not. Accountability! Y do u have his phone?”
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About week and a half ago, video also circulated of Alicia Brown and Big Tigger in another physical shuffle. The Ring camera footage appeared to show the couple arguing outside of a home. It appears that he grabbed her by the throat and the arms as she yelled for him to get off her. She had released a statement taking “accountability” for posting injuries while expressing her frustration with him not taking any.
This secondary footage could possibly be connected to Big Tigger’s arrest warrant, issued on June 20. However that has yet to be confirmed. Both incidents involving a phone. Alicia reportedly told police she and Tigger got into a confrontation over him texting a coworker. She alleges he called her “psycho” and tackled her over his phone.
Gamers have a lot to be excited about this year beyond Grand Theft Auto 6, which is widely viewed as one of the biggest gaming launches in history. Two months before the launch of the next blockbuster from Rockstar comes the next Marvel game from Insomniac, the same studio that has delivered all three installments in the critically acclaimed Spider-Man trilogy. Marvel’s Wolverine is launching around the world on September 16 exclusively on PS5, and while it’s becoming more common for games to launch without a physical disc — especially starting in 2028 — Insomniac has confirmed that those who purchase a physical copy of Marvel’s Wolverine will find a disc inside. Even this week in the world of gaming, there are two huge new releases that have fans around the world buzzing.
The first big release of the week is already out now for some players, with EA Sports College Football 27 launching for MVP Edition members, who also purchased a copy of Madden 27 at the same time. However, later this week comes the long-awaited global launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, the ground-up remake of the most beloved Assassin’s Creed game of all time. As fans dive back into the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Ubisoft has made one of its most overlooked entries free to download for those with PlayStation Plus Extra, Xbox Game Pass, and Ubisoft+. The game in question is Assassin’s Creed Origins, which is widely hailed as one of the best games in the franchise, despite its RPG elements that some fans didn’t love. The game holds a strong 81% from critics and a 7.3 from audiences on Metacritic.
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Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
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Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
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🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
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Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
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Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
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The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
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Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
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The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
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Is ‘Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced’ An RPG?
Ubisoft confirmed with the launch of the first trailer that Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is not an RPG, with the game keeping its same core roots despite pulling elements from other Assassin’s Creed RPGs of recent years. Fans will notice some mechanical overlap between the new Assassin’s Creed remake and the latest entry in the franchise, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, as both games run on the same engine. Still, the game’s combat is centered around parrying and quick strikes, not slashing an armorless enemy with a spear 50+ times to kill them just because their level exceeds the player.
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Download a free copy of Assassin’s Creed Origins right now and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced.
Are the Minions losing their pop culture hold? Minions & Monsters, the latest installment in the Despicable Mefranchise, marks the third prequel entry and the seventh Despicable Me film. While the animated feature was praised by critics, earning a franchise-high Rotten Tomatoes score of 90%, its box-office performance has come up lacking. Minions & Monsters follows James and Henry (Pierre Coffin), two minions who belong to a different group from the ones that served Gru, with more artistic tendencies. One day, they stumble into Hollywood and become superstars until the introduction of sound in filmmaking, when the minions are unable to adapt due to their language. After getting fired, James plans to make his own movie, but to make it a success, they need to find a giant monster.
Since its release, Minions & Monsters has made over $161 million worldwide. But according to a recent report, it failed to meet its projected domestic box office of $80 million during the 4th of July weekend. The film made $36 million across over 4,000 North American theaters between Friday and Monday, and $61 million since Wednesday. This marked Minions & Monsters as the “lowest start in the franchise,” even lower than 2010’s Despicable Me‘s $57 million. The report also noted that families did not avoid the box office that weekend, asToy Story 5still performed, generating $31 million during its third weekend. Experts say the drop is due to fatigue, but believe Minions & Monsters still has the potential to be profitable.
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Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
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Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
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🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
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Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Advertisement
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
Advertisement
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Advertisement
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
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The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
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What Is the Despicable Me Franchise About?
The Despicable Me franchise follows Gru (Steve Carell), a supervillain-turned-good, and his army of minions, small yellow creatures who are loyal to their “big boss.” The franchise can be split into two parts: the Despicable Me films and the Minions movies. Despicable Me follows Gru’s story: how he was on his way to becoming the greatest supervillain, but things changed when he started a family of his own, and he is now part of the Anti-Villain League.
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Meanwhile, the Minions movies take place before the events of Despicable Me, with Minions: The Rise of Grubeing the closest entry to the present timeline. These films follow the Minions before they served Gru as they travel around the world to find a “Big Boss” to serve, only to be met with constant disappointment because of their antics. Across all seven films, the Despicable Me franchise has grossed over 5.2 billion worldwide and received widespread praise, earning numerous nominations from the Saturn Awards, the Annie Awards, and the BAFTAs, among others.
Minions & Monsters is now showing in theaters. Follow Collider for more updates.
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Hilary Duff has a way of making even a quick farmers’ market run feel like fashion inspiration moment. While picking up fresh groceries over the holiday weekend, she proved once again that the best summer outfits aren’t complicated — they’re built around timeless basics you’ll actually wear on repeat. One detail immediately caught our attention: the retro Adidas sneakers that grounded her entire look.
The actress stepped out in Los Angeles on July 5 wearing these exact Adidas Samba OG Sneakers, pairing them with black leggings, white crew socks and oversized sunglasses for an effortlessly cool off-duty outfit. The iconic sneakers are one of fashion’s biggest staples, and unlike many viral trends, they have the staying power to earn a permanent spot in your closet.
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It’s easy to see why the shoes are timeless. The low-profile silhouette works with everything from leggings and athletic dresses to relaxed denim and breezy linen pants, making them one of those rare sneakers you’ll reach for nearly every day.
Jennifer Aniston has never been one to chase trends. Instead, she finds timeless staples she genuinely loves and wears them on repeat, which is exactly why we’re paying attention to the crossbody bag she just brought back for another summer. If she’s still reaching for the same designer bag a year later, it’s probably worth […]
Designed with a suede overlay, classic stripes and gum soles, the Samba sneakers give off that vintage-inspired aesthetic that celebrities seem to love. They’re available in the classic Core Black and Cloud White colors, however, you can also shop them in several other neutral and color-blocking shades. Of course, we’re opting for the black to channel Duff.
She’s not the only one who loves the style. Over 650 shoppers gave the shoes a five-star rating, including one reviewer who sported them internationally. During their trip, the shopper said, “They were so easy to break in, and I walked miles in them every day on my trip to Spain.”
Another shopper said the shoes are “so versatile” because they can be dressed up with trousers or worn casually with jeans.
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If Duff’s laid-back farmers’ market outfit has you rethinking your everyday sneakers, you may not want to wait too long. Popular Samba sizes have a habit of selling out quickly whenever they’re back in stock, so hurry.
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Amal Clooney just made the case for retiring skinny jeans at the airport. Her latest travel outfit struck that perfect balance between polished and comfortable, proving flared denim can look just as sophisticated while offering a little more room to move. The best part? You can recreate the look on Amazon for just $44. On […]
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s wedding may have looked effortless from the outside, but newly revealed details suggest an enormous operation was working behind the scenes to keep the couple’s big day private.
As more information emerges from the July 3 celebration at Madison Square Garden, reports indicate that guests, vendors, and even law enforcement personnel faced unprecedented restrictions designed to prevent photos, videos, or other details from leaking before the newlyweds were ready to share them.
The measures show just how seriously Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce approached privacy during one of the most anticipated celebrity weddings in recent memory.
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According to TMZ, the couple required guests to surrender their phones upon entering Madison Square Garden, effectively creating a technology-free environment inside the venue.
Attendees were reportedly subjected to additional screening procedures designed to identify hidden recording devices, including Meta smart glasses and other wearable technology capable of capturing photos or video.
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The restrictions reportedly extended beyond wedding guests. Even New York Police Department officers assigned to work security during the festivities were allegedly required to surrender their phones while on duty, highlighting the lengths organizers went to in order to prevent unauthorized images from surfacing online.
The strict rules may also help explain another wedding detail that has recently surfaced. According to reports, Swift and Kelce hired professional camera crews to document every stage of the wedding process, from the planning phase through the ceremony and reception itself.
Insiders claim the footage will eventually be compiled into a special film documenting the couple’s journey to the altar. Rather than releasing the project publicly, reports suggest the finished product may be distributed to wedding guests as part of personalized thank-you packages.
If accurate, the strategy would allow Swift and Kelce to control how their wedding story is preserved and shared, rather than relying on leaked photos, social media posts, or unauthorized recordings. In that context, the no-phone policy appears less like a celebrity demand and more like an effort to ensure the couple’s own cameras captured the definitive version of the event.
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A Star-Studded Guest List Made Privacy Even More Challenging
The scale of the security operation becomes easier to understand when considering who was inside Madison Square Garden. The wedding attracted some of the biggest names from sports, music, film, and fashion, creating countless opportunities for images to leak online.
Several guests later shared carefully selected glimpses of their wedding attire on social media, but notably avoided revealing details from inside the ceremony itself. Vanessa Bryant celebrated the newlyweds in an Instagram post, writing, “Congratulations T&T!!!!”
Meanwhile, Natalia Bryant shared a photo of her blue gown, writing, “Something blue.”
The limited social media content suggests the couple’s privacy strategy was largely successful despite the enormous guest list.
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The Wedding Marked The Latest Chapter In Swift And Kelce’s High-Profile Love Story
The elaborate celebration served as the culmination of one of pop culture’s most closely watched relationships.
Kelce proposed in August 2025 after a carefully planned engagement that reportedly transformed part of his property into a romantic setting designed specifically for the occasion. The couple later announced their engagement on Instagram with the playful caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”
Taylor Swift Once Explained Why Fans Never Saw Her And Travis Kelce’s First Date
Swift first publicly discussed her relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs star during her 2023 Time Person of the Year interview, describing the pair as “just two people supporting each other doing what we love.”
In that same interview, she revealed more details about when the two started seeing each other. “So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other,” she said. “By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? “We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”
Nearly two years later, that relationship culminated in a wedding so tightly controlled that even police officers reportedly couldn’t bring their phones inside.
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Undaunted by the disappointing reception of The Smashing Machine, Dwayne Johnson has set his sights on another challenging role. The Moanastar is teaming with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon‘s production company to star in an actioner with a twist. Free Byrd will star Johnson as a stunt cyclist with a terrible secret.
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According to reports, Johnson will play a Las Vegas motorcycle stuntman, a la the late Evel Knievel, who’s just been diagnosed with dementia. Keeping his diagnosis from everyone, including his mechanic brother, he sets out to secure his legacy with one last death-defying jump. Johnson calls the film “emblematic of life’s sacred beauty, as well as life’s harsh and callous reality.” He’s partnering with Artists Equity, the production company founded by longtime friends and collaborators Affleck and Damon, to make the film; it will be directed by Greg Kwedar, the Sing Sing director who landed an Academy Award nomination for his script for Train Dreams last year.
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